Ship 31
Ship 31 (S31) is the 2nd stage vehicle, used for the sixth Starship integrated flight test.
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SpaceX • Starship V1 • Orbital Launch Pad 1 (TX)
Sixth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Sixth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

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Sixth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
First development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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Super Heavy booster used for the sixth Starship integrated flight test. Lost to the ocean after a soft splashdown, as part of an offshore divert from the originally planned tower catch at the launch site.
Ship 31 (S31) is the 2nd stage vehicle, used for the sixth Starship integrated flight test.
The Superheavy booster No. 13 did not attempt a return back to the launch site at Starbase and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico instead, due to hardware problems on the launch and catch tower triggering an abort.
Starship Ship 31 made an atmospheric re-entry and soft landing over the Indian Ocean.